INC NEWS - Propsed Water Use Ordinances

[pat carstensen]

The timing on this is probably too short for INC action, but your 
neighborhood may want to send someone to this meeting on proposals about 
conserving water.

Regards, pat


---- Forwarded Message ----
From: "Sholtes, Joel" <Joel.Sholtes at durhamnc.gov>
To: paoffice at netzero.net; harrisdl2003 at yahoo.com
Sent: Monday, February 12, 2007 2:39:34 PM
Subject: Stakeholder Meeting for Proposed Water Use Ordinances



Dear Neighborhood Association Leaders,



The City of Durham Water Conservation Program is developing two ordinances 
that affect landscape watering along with other non-potable uses of City 
water and is seeking stakeholder input.  The first ordinance is a rain or 
moisture sensor ordinance that would require such a device to be installed 
on all automatic irrigation systems, temporarily overriding their schedule 
in the event of a precipitation event.  The second is a water waste 
ordinance that would prohibit various “non-beneficial” uses of City water 
including:



Over-watering of landscaped areas so as to cause runoff into public right-of 
ways
Watering impervious surfaces (overspray from irrigation systems)
Watering landscape during precipitation events
Allowing known leaks to continue unfixed
Allowing water used to wash vehicles or equipment to run into the public 
right-of-way


The main goal of these ordinances is to ensure that City treated and 
distributed potable water is used properly and efficiently for non-potable 
uses, such as outdoor watering.  We would like to convene an evening meeting 
in late February or March to discuss these proposed ordinances with 
representatives of home owner’s and neighborhood associations, and landscape 
contractors.



The meeting will feature a presentation from City personnel regarding the 
rationale behind these ordinances, and from an industry representative 
regarding applicable irrigation technology.  We will spend the remainder of 
the meeting listening to feedback and discussion from the stakeholders 
regarding the various aspects of the ordinance.  Please feel free to forward 
this to others that you think might be interesting in participating in this 
discussion.



Please respond to me at 919-560-4381 x248 or joel.sholtes at durhamnc.gov by 
February 23rd, 2007 if you are interested in participating along with mid to 
late-week evenings that are better for you in the following weeks:



Week of February 26, March 5, March 19, and March 26, 2007.



Regards,



Joel Sholtes

Department of Water Management, City of Durham

1600 Mist Lake Drive

Durham, NC 27704



P 919-560-4381, ext 248

F 919-560-4479



joel.sholtes at durhamnc.gov

www.durhamnc.gov



There are a number of ways to save water, and they all start with you.

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